Incidents

Climber fallen at Kilnsey Crag

12th May 2018

Attendees: 16

Duration : 1hrs 13min

Total Attendance Time : 19hr 28 mins

The team was called by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assist with a fallen climber at Kilnsey Crag. The climber had fallen to the ground having not managed to clip his last belay point and his belayer was unable to arrest the fall. The casualty was put into a vacuum mattress by the team then onto a team stretcher and carried down to the Air ambulance for transport on to hospital with suspected spinal injuries.